A huanghuali folding stool, mazha 19th/ 20th centuryVarious owners | 各方藏家A huanghuali folding stool, mazha19th/ 20th century48.0cm H x 62.0cm W x 54.5cm DProvenance:Private collection, Sydney, acquired in HK in the 1980s十九至二十世纪 黄花梨马扎传承：悉尼私人收藏，1980年闲购于香港This type of stools appears to be related to a group of folding horseshoeback armchairs with similar construction and either carving on the front edge of the seat frame similar to the present pair of stools and the Tianjin stool, or metal mounts similar to the present lot. The folding armchairs are in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, and in the Cheng Mengjia Collection, Beijing; both illustrated by Sarah Handler, "The Elegant Vagabond: The Chinese Folding Chair", Orientations, Jan 1992, p.90-96. Compare with simpler versions of these stools with a similar footrest but a woven seat and no vertical supporting member, illustrated by Robert Ellsworth, Nicholas Grindley and Anita Christy, Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, pp. 42-43, no. I.Compare with an almost identical pair, see Christie's, 19 Mar 2021, lot 749.